This knitting “recipe” is for a mitered square project. What you do with your lovely mitered squares is completely up to you. You could make a blanket, a scarf, a cushion cover… the possibilities are endless.

This recipe was originally written for sock yarn, however, you could use any weight yarn. Just make sure you use the same weight yarn (or thereabouts) for each square.

If you are interested in joining a leisurely, long‐term knita­long for a mitered square project then read on to the end of the recipe. There is also an opportunity for swapping and sharing leftover yarn.

Update 8 February 2014 - pattern now available in French. Thanks to Vanessa for the translation. When you download the pattern the English and French versions will appear, along with a document about the informal KAL. Please make contact if you experience any problems with this.